The Stage Quotes

“The lounge usually holds his couch, his easels, inks and oils, and original handmade paper imported straight from Kappa—Nihon of the Old World.

The center of the lounge is always for the stage—a raised, soft, armless sofa where his subject poses. But this evening isn’t about the stage or his art. This evening, the lounge shouldn’t hold needless furniture. Tonight, Kuhawk is for one book. Tonight, all the moonlight coming through the transparent globe should illuminate only the Devil’s Book—the first key to everything the Mesmerizer seeks. Oh, the trouble he took to earn it!”
― Misba, The Oldest Dance

“The stage is not real life, and the stage is not a copy of real life. Just like the statue , the stage is only a place where things are made present. Things that would not ordinarily happen are made to happen on stage. The stage is a site at which people can access things that would otherwise not be available to them. The stage is a place where we can witness things in such a way that it becomes unnecessary for us to feel or perform these things ourselves.”
― Eleanor Catton, The Rehearsal

“Stage footlights have sent many tumbling, the prepared and unprepared, to suckle at the bosom of Madame Obscurité.”
― Stewart Stafford

“In icy footsteps do actors tread in moonlight's chill,
In crystalline depth,
The players set,
To entertain and do no ill.
© Stewart Stafford, 2020. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Some actors are too intimidated to tackle the works of Shakespeare. When, in fact, it is the treasure trove they should be seeking out. There's the depth and complexity of Shakespeare's plays, the richness of the characterisations, the poetic beauty of the language, and the darkest villains in literature to get their teeth into.”
― Stewart Stafford